6th Grade Mystery Reviews - Rear Window

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	•Title: The Rear Window •Review A few but a very odd assortment of characters play a role in the short story, Rear Window by Cornell Woolrich. Let’s start with Jeff Jeffries the main character of the story. Stuck in bed with an activity-restricting cast. Photographer Jeff Jeffries has with nothing to do but to quietly observe the private social lives of the people in his neighboring apartments through his large rear window. Now to Jeff’s agile but dull male housekeeper, Sam who insists that the near by chirping cricket is a sign of death. But Jeff ignores him and instead sends him on mysterious missions that only ones as agile as Sam can execute. Let’s take a look at the victim of the observations of Jeff Jeffries now… An unlucky salesman with a sick wife. Strange events limited by the walls of the apartments reluctantly lead Jeff Jeffries to believe that SUMMARY: Rear Window starts off at a slow pace but enough to keep you reading. Jeff Jeffries likes to lie in bed and look out the window. This is not his favorite activity though. Restrained from being the adventurous photographer he is by his long white leg cast, Jeff turns to his rear window. Jeff is humored by his neighboring apartments, and especially they’re occupants. But when Jeff suspiciously believes that his neighboring salesman has murdered his own wife, he must take window-shopping to a whole new level.
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•Cornell Woolrich